Title: Analyze legal and ethical concepts associated with family and human services.
Course: Family and Human Services II (19999-II) > Section: Examining Ethical and Professional Concerns

Analysis should include

- defining the terms legal and ethical
- providing examples of legal concepts
- providing examples of ethical concepts
- describing the differences between the two.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are the difficulties of defining the terms legal and ethical?
- Why is it important to differentiate what is legal and what is ethical?
- How could something be legal but unethical?

Communication

- How does one communicate what is legal?
- How does one communicate what is ethical?
- How does one communicate the difference between what is legal and what is ethical?

Leadership

- What responsibility do family and human services personnel have in explaining laws and regulations to clients and their families?
- What responsibility do family and human services personnel have in explaining the difference between various laws and regulations?

Management

- What might be the effect of not providing ethical training?
- What might be the effect of not keeping up-to-date on current laws and regulations pertaining to family and human services?
- What might be the consequence of not understanding the difference between what is legal and what is ethical?